by Shannon Popkin | Sep 27, 2016 | Humility
I’m so thankful for the opportunity to write regularly for the True Woman blog. This post appeared there first. One night I opened an email from a woman I didn’t know who thanked me for a blog post I had written. She mentioned that a certain ministry—one I...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 22, 2016 | Humility
This post first appeared on the True Woman Blog, a ministry of Revive Our Hearts. I so appreciate the opportunity I have to write for this ministry. Also, I appreciate a sermon by Bob King, one of the pastors at Ada Bible Church, which inspired much of this post. As...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 2, 2016 | Humility, Mistakes, Speaking, Wisdom
This past week, I led a breakout session at the Speak Up Conference, titled “Self-Promotion: Greedy or Godly”. And what a perplexing, complicated topic it is–especially for bloggers, writers, and speakers. Even as I wrote the first sentence of this...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 14, 2016 | Marriage, Submission
I’m guest blogging at “The Peaceful Wife Blog” today. Thanks to April for letting me contribute this post. 🙂 April’s first book, The Peaceful Wife, was published early this year by Kregel Publications (which is also my publisher!). God doesn’t...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 12, 2016 | Compassion, Conflict Resolution, Control Girl, Marriage
To my married and dating friends, I offer these suggestions from my vast history as a Control Girl. Over the past twenty-five+ years, I’ve found these to be the five most effective ways to ruin Valentine’s Day. Or not. It’s really your choice. 1....
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 31, 2015 | Compassion
“Oh! Do you live in the house with the white picket fence?” she asked, after I explained where I live in the neighborhood. “I LOVE that house!” she exclaimed, with new admiration in her eyes. I smiled and said, “You mean the white picket...